Daegu Suseong University Valorant Prospect Kim Min-gyu Joins Domestic Pro Team
Joining the 'Incheon On Slayers' Team
Daegu Suseong University (President Kim Seon-sun) esports team Valorant prospect player Kim Min-gyu (2nd year, Department of Metaverse Creator) has succeeded in entering a domestic esports professional team for the first time in the university.
Suseong University announced on the 12th that esports team Valorant player Kim Min-gyu was scouted by the domestic pro league team ‘Incheon On Sla2ers’ and recently completed the signing process.
Founded in 2021, ‘Incheon On Sla2ers’ was a strong team that immediately became the runner-up in the domestic esports league consisting of eight pro teams, but due to recent performance declines, it is known to have conducted intensive scouting for outstanding players.
Suseong University esports team player Kim Min-gyu is regarded as the strongest player in the Valorant university league, having consecutively won the ‘2023 GAS Tournament (Gen.G Valorant Amateur)’ and the ‘2023 eSports Seoul Cup’ last April.
Kim Min-gyu’s entry into the professional league is considered exceptional in the esports pro team reality, where scouting mainly focuses on middle and high school players. The eight esports pro teams scout about 80 players annually, but most are middle and high school players, with only 1 to 2 players coming from university backgrounds.
Since the founding of the Suseong University esports team in 2020, there have been players advancing overseas, such as Oh Jae-hyun joining ‘Netshoes Miners,’ the top team in Brazil’s first division league, but Kim Min-gyu is the first to be scouted by a domestic pro team.
Valorant is an esports game where teams of five compete in 5v5 tactical shooting matches, with the team winning 13 rounds first declared the winner, playing as attackers and defenders.
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Lee Dae-hyun, head of the esports team (professor, Department of Metaverse Creator), said, “Our esports team has been the strongest team in the university league with consistent results since its founding,” and added, “We will strengthen support so that more of our students can advance to professional teams and overseas leagues.”
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